However, most need to use really hazardous chemicals while wearing a respirator and using a machine to ventilate the fumes out of the building.

This idea is like a Rube Goldberg machine built out of broken Ritz crackers and pick-up stix.

Will apps like Deal Machine do that with the privacy laws here in California?

A two-bed unit will typically be occupied by a single person or couple and they can easily wash dishes by hand.

Eviction is an option, but how about insisting that he vacate his room and wash the walls floor, and ceiling with TSP until all the smell is gone.

Getting to ARV is probably required to have any rental income at all so consider it an all in rehab and rent, or sell/1031 to learn your lesson and move on.Selling versus hold and refi are a wash at near-0 since it's a new purchase. 

Here's why:Let's say I sign a tenant to a one-year lease, and 3 months in, their personal/professional situation changes, and they break their lease and move out after a 30-day notice (or maybe less).I am required, by law in most areas, to "mitigate my loss" by remarketing the unit, making it rent-ready, and starting up my lead generation machine to get applicants, funnel them into my screening system, identifying good candidates and ultimately leasing them up.

This shows that the Austin metro is a job creating machine.

For that matter I wish my son was. He

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